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Тraumatology

The Service of Trauma and Orthopedics (STO) has a long history of providing high quality care to patients with musculoskeletal disorders. It is one of the leading departments not only in Armenia, but in the region. Many patients from neighbor countries such as Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, and Iran come to this Service for surgical treatment and rehabilitation.

Specialty areas

The STO specializes in the treatment of children and adolescents with congenital and acquired problems of locomotor system. It provides care to patients with all kinds of trauma and also focuses on the treatment of general orthopedic and neuromuscular disorders, including:

Cerebral palsy,

Polio residuals,

Myelomeningocele,

Peripheral nerve disorders,

Congenital limb differences (anomalies, malformations),

Congenital and acquired limb amputations.

During last few years, new diagnostic and treatment approaches were applied in the management of the following pathologies:

The STO provides services and care based on team approach and is working in close cooperation with rehabilitation centers and orthotic labs.

Special investigations

Hip joint ultrasound

Intraoperative neuromonitoring.

STAFF

Garen A. Koloyan, MD,

head of the service, candidate of medical sciences (PhD), Corresponding Member of Pediatric Orthopedic Society of North America (POSNA), Member of European Pediatric Orthopedic Society (EPOS), Member of editorial boards of Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics (JPO) and Journal of Children’s Orthopedics (JCO). In 2000, he received Cathleen Lyle Murray Award from AACPDM (American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine).

Ara V. Antaranyan, MD,

pediatric orthopedic surgeon, Member of European Pediatric Orthopedic Society (EPOS).

The STO has close relations with Shriner’s Hospitals for Children in Portland, Tampa and Minneapolis (USA), different clinics in France and Switzerland, Armenian communities in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles (USA), Lyon (France) and London (UK). It also cooperates with local and foreign NGO’s such as UMCOR, OXFAM, Bridge of Hope, Sakura, Jinishian Memorial Foundation and others.

Projects

The STO implemented several projects, including:

Outreach Clinics in Armenia, supported by UMCOR, 1999.

Prosthetic-Orthotic Treatment for Disabled Children in Armenia, supported by Sakura NGO and Japan Embassy in Russia, 2000.

Orthopedic Help to Children in Armenia, supported by Jinishian Memorial Foundation, 2002-2003.

Hip ultrasound screening in some maternity hospitals in Yerevan since 2008. The aim of this project is early diagnosis of hip dysplasia in newborns and early treatment.

Since 2001 the STO initiated the spine surgery program in cooperation with the colleagues from the USA, France and Switzerland. The program includes clinical evaluation, bracing and the surgical treatment.

Intraoperative neuromonitoring, since 2012, in cooperation with Bern University Hospital. Neuromonitoring helps to decrease the risk of spinal surgeries and to perform more difficult operations on the spinal column.

Teaching project for specialists from different regions for hip ultrasound, supported by Jinishian Memorial Foundation, 2013.

Screening of neonatal (obstetric) brachial plexus palsy (NBPP): organization of early detection, diagnosis and rehabilitation and surgical treatment. The project of contemporary management of NBPP has commenced in 2010 in cooperation with experts of hand surgery from France, which helps many children to avoid the possible disability.